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Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary

1. (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Search.

2. (a.) Exploring thoroughly; scrutinizing; penetrating; trying; as, a searching discourse; a searching eye.

Greek

3180. methodeia -- craft, deceit
... in (). [3180 () comes from , a "way of searching after something, an inquiry;
a method), scheming, craftiness" (Souter).]. Word Origin ...
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1934. epizeteo -- to inquire for
... Word Origin from epi and zeteo Definition to inquire for NASB Word Usage craves
(1), eagerly seek (2), searched (1), searching (1), seek (2), seeking (3 ...
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2214. zetesis -- a search, questioning
... question, speculation. From zeteo; a searching (properly, the act), ie A dispute
or its theme -- question. see GREEK zeteo. (ekzeteseis) -- 1 Occurrence. ...
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2147. heurisko -- to find
... Verb Transliteration: heurisko Phonetic Spelling: (hyoo-ris'-ko,) Short Definition:
I find Definition: I find, learn, discover, especially after searching. ...
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Strong's Hebrew

2714. cheqer -- a searching, a thing (to be) searched out
... 2713, 2714. cheqer. 2715 . a searching, a thing (to be) searched out.
Transliteration: cheqer Phonetic Spelling: (khay'-ker) Short Definition: unsearchable ...
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1245. baqash -- to seek
... 3), plead (1), pursuit (1), request (2), require (7), required (1), requires (1),
search (8), search will be made (1), searched (8), searching (1), seek (94 ...
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2664. chaphas -- to search
... Usage devise (1), disguise (2), disguised (5), distorted (1), examine (1), hide
(1), ponders (1), ransacked (1), search (6), searched (2), searching (1), well ...
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Library

The Duty of Searching the Scriptures
... The Duty of Searching the Scriptures. John 5:39 " "Search the Scriptures."
When the Sadducees came to our blessed Lord, and put ...
/.../whitefield/selected sermons of george whitefield/the duty of searching the.htm

Self-Humbling and Self-Searching
... Self-Humbling and Self-Searching. A Sermon (No.990). Delivered by. CH SPURGEON,.
At the Metropolitan Tabernacle, Newington. "Look not ...
/.../spurgeon/spurgeons sermons volume 17 1871/self-humbling and self-searching.htm

Heart-Searching. --Jeremiah, viii. 20
... ORIGINAL HYMNS HYMN CCLXXX. Heart-Searching."Jeremiah, viii. 20. ... James Montgomery.
Heart-Searching."Jeremiah, viii.20. Is summer ended,"harvest past,. ...
/.../sacred poems and hymns/hymn cclxxx heart-searching jeremiah viii 20.htm

Septuagesima 119. O Thou to Whose All-Searching Sight
... II. THE CHRISTIAN YEAR Septuagesima 119. O Thou to whose all-searching sight. LM
[450]Grace Church: ... Tr. John Wesley, 1738. O Thou to whose all-searching sight. ...
/.../septuagesima 119 o thou to.htm

Book one in God's Searching Presence, Augustine Undertakes to ...
... The Confessions of Saint Augustine BOOK ONE In God's searching presence, Augustine
undertakes to plumb the depths of his memory to trace� ...
/.../augustine/confessions and enchiridion/book one in gods searching.htm

I Would, However, Proceed to a More Searching and Diligent ...
... Section 5. I would, however, proceed to a more searching and diligent
consideration and handling of� 5. I would, however, proceed ...
/.../augustine/of the work of monks /section 5 i would however.htm

Psalm 139 Part 3 Sincerity Professed, and Grace Tried; Or, the ...
... THE PSALMS OF DAVID PSALM 139 PART 3 Sincerity professed, and grace tried;
or, The heart-searching God. LM Sincerity professed, and ...
/.../watts/the psalms and hymns of isaac watts/psalm 139 part 3 sincerity.htm

Psalm 139:3. Third Part. LM Sincerity Professed, and Grace Tried ...
... THE Psalms of David, In Metre. Psalm 139:3. Third Part. LM Sincerity professed,
and grace tried; or, The heart- searching of God. ...
/.../christianbookshelf.org/watts/the psalms of david/psalm 139 3 0 third part l.htm

On the Words of the Gospel, Luke xii. 35, "Let Your Loins be ...
... you, were wishing to get at the gold, and there was some anywhere in a field of
yours, in a place subject to your power, and I were to see you searching for it ...
/.../sermons on selected lessons of the new testament/sermon lviii on the words.htm

God's Scrutiny Longed For
... Psalmist's contemplation. It is more than the 'searching' which was spoken
of at the beginning, which is desired at the end. It ...
/.../maclaren/expositions of holy scripture j/gods scrutiny longed for.htm

Thesaurus

Searching (111 Occurrences)
... & vb. n.) of Search. 2. (a.) Exploring thoroughly; scrutinizing; penetrating; trying;
as, a searching discourse; a searching eye. ...Searching (111 Occurrences). ...
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Searched (71 Occurrences)
... went into the hill-country and were there three days, till the men who had gone
after them had come back; and those who went after them were searching for them ...
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Sign (181 Occurrences)
... Matthew 7:7 Make a request, and it will be answered; what you are searching for
you will get; give the sign, and the door will be open to you: (BBE). ...
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Request (248 Occurrences)
... (BBE). Matthew 7:7 Make a request, and it will be answered; what you are searching
for you will get; give the sign, and the door will be open to you: (BBE). ...
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Evil-doer (88 Occurrences)
... (BBE). Psalms 10:15 Let the arm of the sinner and the evil-doer be broken;
go on searching for his sin till there is no more. (BBE). ...
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Discovery (24 Occurrences)
... Romans 10:20 And Isaiah says without fear, Those who were not searching for me made
discovery of me; and I was seen by those whose hearts were turned away from ...
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Makes (483 Occurrences)
... Matthew 7:8 Because to everyone who makes a request, it will be given; and he who
is searching will get his desire, and to him who gives the sign, the door ...
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Search (186 Occurrences)
... surch: Some peculiar senses are: (1) In the books of Moses, especially in Numbers,
"searching out the land" means to spy out (raggel), to investigate carefully ...
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Condition (38 Occurrences)
... Galatians 2:4 And that because of the false brothers let in secretly, who came
searching out our free condition which we have in Christ Jesus, so that they ...
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Testing (46 Occurrences)
... Ecclesiastes 12:9 And because the Preacher was wise he still gave the people knowledge;
searching out, testing, and putting in order a great number of wise ...
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Bible Concordance

Searching (111 Occurrences)

Matthew 2:13 And when they had gone, an angel of the Lord came to Joseph in a dream, saying, Get up and take the young child and his mother, and go into Egypt, and do not go from there till I give you word; for Herod will be searching for the young child to put him to death.
(BBE)

Matthew 7:7 Make a request, and it will be answered; what you are searching for you will get; give the sign, and the door will be open to you:
(BBE)

Matthew 7:8 Because to everyone who makes a request, it will be given; and he who is searching will get his desire, and to him who gives the sign, the door will be open.
(BBE)

Matthew 13:45 Again, the kingdom of heaven is like a trader searching for beautiful jewels.
(BBE)

Matthew 16:4 An evil and false generation is searching after a sign; and no sign will be given to it but the sign of Jonah. And he went away from them.
(BBE)

Matthew 28:5 And the angel said to the women, Have no fear: for I see that you are searching for Jesus, who was put to death on the cross.
(BBE)

Mark 1:37 and they found him, and told him, "Everyone is looking for you."
(See RSV)

Luke 2:48 When they saw Him, they were smitten with amazement, and His mother said to Him, "My child, why have you behaved thus to us? Your father and I have been searching for you in anguish."
(WEY NIV)

Luke 2:49 "Why is it that you have been searching for me?" He replied; "did you not know that it is my duty to be engaged upon my Father's business?"
(WEY NIV)

Luke 4:42 When it was day, he departed and went into an uninhabited place, and the multitudes looked for him, and came to him, and held on to him, so that he wouldn't go away from them.
(See NAS)

Luke 11:9 And I say to you, Make requests, and they will be answered; what you are searching for, you will get; when you give the sign, the door will be open to you.
(BBE)

Luke 11:10 For to everyone who makes a request, it will be given; and he who is searching will get his desire; and to him who gives the sign, the door will be open.
(BBE)

Luke 15:8 Or what woman, having ten bits of silver, if one bit has gone from her hands, will not get a light, and go through her house, searching with care till she sees it?
(BBE)

John 6:26 "In most solemn truth I tell you," replied Jesus, "that you are searching for me not because you have seen miracles, but because you ate the loaves and had a hearty meal.
(WEY)

John 8:50 I, however, am not in search of glory for myself: there is One who is searching for it and he is judge.
(BBE)

Acts 17:11 Now these were more noble than the Jews of Thessalonica, for they gave serious attention to the word, searching in the holy Writings every day, to see if these things were so.
(BBE DBY)

Romans 8:27 and He who is searching the hearts hath known what 'is' the mind of the Spirit, because according to God he doth intercede for saints.
(YLT)

Romans 9:32 Why? Because they were not searching for it by faith, but by works. They came up against the stone which was in the way;
(BBE)

Romans 10:20 And Isaiah says without fear, Those who were not searching for me made discovery of me; and I was seen by those whose hearts were turned away from me.
(BBE)

Romans 11:3 Lord, they have put your prophets to death, and made waste your altars, and now I am the last, and they are searching for me to take away my life.
(BBE)

Romans 11:7 What then? That which Israel was searching for he did not get, but those of the selection got it and the rest were made hard.
(BBE)

Galatians 2:4 And that because of the false brothers let in secretly, who came searching out our free condition which we have in Christ Jesus, so that they might make servants of us;
(BBE)

Hebrews 11:14 For those who say such things make it clear that they are searching for a country for themselves.
(BBE)

1 Peter 1:11 searching for who or what kind of time the Spirit of Christ, which was in them, pointed to, when he predicted the sufferings of Christ, and the glories that would follow them.
(WEB KJV ASV DBY WBS YLT)

1 Peter 3:11 And let him be turned from evil and do good; searching for peace and going after it with all his heart.
(BBE)

Revelation 2:23 and her children I will kill in death, and know shall all the assemblies that I am he who is searching reins and hearts; and I will give to you -- to each -- according to your works.
(YLT)

Genesis 31:34 Now Rachel had taken the images, and had put them in the camels' basket, and was seated on them. And Laban, searching through all the tent, did not come across them.
(BBE)

Genesis 31:35 And she said to her father, Let not my lord be angry because I do not get up before you, for I am in the common condition of women. And with all his searching, he did not come across the images.
(BBE)

Genesis 49:27 Benjamin is a wolf, searching for meat: in the morning he takes his food, and in the evening he makes division of what he has taken.
(BBE)

Numbers 13:25 And they returned from searching of the land after forty days.
(KJV DBY)

Deuteronomy 4:29 But if in those lands you are turned again to the Lord your God, searching for him with all your heart and soul, he will not keep himself from you.
(BBE)

Deuteronomy 4:32 Give thought now to the days which are past, before your time, from the day when God first gave life to man on the earth, and searching from one end of heaven to the other, see if such a great thing as this has ever been, or if anything like it has been talked of in story.
(BBE)

Deuteronomy 11:12 a land which Jehovah thy God is searching; continually 'are' the eyes of Jehovah thy God upon it, from the beginning of the year even unto the latter end of the year.
(YLT)

Joshua 2:1 Then Joshua, the son of Nun, sent two men from Shittim secretly, with the purpose of searching out the land, and Jericho. So they went and came to the house of a loose woman of the town, named Rahab, where they took their rest for the night.
(BBE)

Joshua 2:2 And it was said to the king of Jericho, See, some men have come here tonight from the children of Israel with the purpose of searching out the land.
(BBE)

Joshua 2:3 Then the king of Jericho sent to Rahab, saying, Send out the men who have come to you and are in your house; for they have come with the purpose of searching out all the land.
(BBE)

Joshua 2:22 And they went into the hill-country and were there three days, till the men who had gone after them had come back; and those who went after them were searching for them everywhere without coming across them.
(BBE)

Judges 4:22 Then Jael went out, and meeting Barak going after Sisera, said to him, Come, and I will let you see the man you are searching for. So he came into her tent and saw, and there was Sisera stretched out dead with the tent-pin in his head.
(BBE)

Judges 5:15 Your chiefs, Issachar, were with Deborah; and Naphtali was true to Barak; into the valley they went rushing out at his feet. In Reuben there were divisions, and great searchings of heart.
(Root in BBE DBY RSV NIV)

Judges 5:16 Why did you sit among the sheepfolds, To hear the whistling for the flocks? At the watercourses of Reuben There were great searchings of heart.
(Root in WEB KJV JPS ASV DBY WBS YLT NAS RSV NIV)

Judges 6:29 And they said to one another, Who has done this thing? And after searching with care, they said, Gideon, the son of Joash, has done this thing.
(BBE)

1 Samuel 7:2 And the ark was in Kiriath-jearim for a long time, as much as twenty years: and all Israel was searching after the Lord with weeping.
(BBE)

1 Samuel 10:14 And Saul's father's brother said to him and his servant, Where have you been? And he said, Searching for the asses: and when we saw no sign of them, we came to Samuel.
(BBE)

1 Samuel 13:14 But now, your authority will not go on: the Lord, searching for a man who is pleasing to him in every way, has given him the place of ruler over his people, because you have not done what the Lord gave you orders to do.
(BBE)

1 Samuel 23:14 And David kept in the waste land, in safe places, waiting in the hill-country in the waste land of Ziph. And Saul was searching for him every day, but God did not give him up into his hands.
(BBE)

1 Samuel 24:14 After whom has the king of Israel come out? for whom are you searching? for a dead dog, an insect.
(BBE)

1 Samuel 27:1 David said in his heart, "I shall now perish one day by the hand of Saul. There is nothing better for me than that I should escape into the land of the Philistines; and Saul will despair of me, to seek me any more in all the borders of Israel. So shall I escape out of his hand."
(See NAS NIV)

2 Samuel 17:20 And Absalom's servants came to the woman at the house and said, Where are Ahimaaz and Jonathan? And the woman said to them, They have gone from here to the stream. And after searching for them, and seeing nothing of them, they went back to Jerusalem.
(BBE)

1 Kings 1:3 So after searching through all the land of Israel for a fair young girl, they saw Abishag the Shunammite, and took her to the king.
(BBE)

2 Kings 2:17 But when they kept on requesting him, he was shamed and said, Send, then. So they sent fifty men; but after searching for three days, they came back without having seen him.
(BBE)

2 Kings 6:19 And Elisha said to them, This is not the way, and this is not the town: come after me so that I may take you to the man you are searching for. And he took them to Samaria.
(BBE)

1 Chronicles 16:10 Have glory in his holy name; let the hearts of those who are searching after the Lord be glad.
(BBE)

2 Chronicles 7:14 If my people, on whom my name is named, make themselves low and come to me in prayer, searching for me and turning from their evil ways; then I will give ear from heaven, overlooking their sin, and will give life again to their land.
(BBE)

2 Chronicles 15:4 But when in their trouble they were turned to the Lord, the God of Israel, searching after him, he let their search be rewarded.
(BBE)

2 Chronicles 26:5 He gave himself to searching after God in the days of Zechariah, who made men wise in the fear of God; and as long as he was true to the Lord, God made things go well for him.
(BBE)

Job 3:21 To those whose desire is for death, but it comes not; who are searching for it more than for secret wealth;
(BBE)

Job 5:9 Doing great things, and there is no searching. Wonderful, till there is no numbering.
(YLT)

Job 6:19 The camel-trains of Tema were searching with care, the bands of Sheba were waiting for them:
(BBE)

Job 7:21 And why do you not take away my sin, and let my wrongdoing be ended? for now I go down to the dust, and you will be searching for me with care, but I will be gone.
(BBE)

Job 9:10 Doing great things till there is no searching, And wonderful, till there is no numbering.
(YLT)

Job 10:6 That you take note of my sin, searching after my wrongdoing,
(BBE)

Job 11:7 Canst thou by searching find out God? canst thou find out the Almighty unto perfection?
(KJV ASV DBY WBS YLT)

Job 28:3 Man puts an end to the dark, searching out to the farthest limit the stones of the deep places of the dark.
(BBE YLT)

Job 28:27 Then he saw it, and put it on record; he gave it its fixed form, searching it out completely.
(BBE)

Job 29:16 I was a father to the poor, searching out the cause of him who was strange to me.
(BBE)

Job 32:11 I was waiting for your words, I was giving ear to your wise sayings; while you were searching out what to say,
(BBE NIV)

Job 34:24 He sends the strong to destruction without searching out their cause, and puts others in their place.
(BBE YLT)

Job 36:26 Lo, God 'is' high, And we know not the number of His years, Yea, there 'is' no searching.
(YLT)

Job 37:23 There is no searching out of the Ruler of all: his strength and his judging are great; he is full of righteousness, doing no wrong.
(BBE)

Job 38:16 Hast thou come in to springs of the sea? And in searching the deep Hast thou walked up and down?
(YLT)

Job 38:41 Who gives in the evening the meat he is searching for, when his young ones are crying to God; when the young lions with loud noise go wandering after their food?
(BBE)

Job 39:8 He goes looking for his grass-lands in the mountains, searching out every green thing.
(BBE)

Psalms 10:15 Let the arm of the sinner and the evil-doer be broken; go on searching for his sin till there is no more.
(BBE)

Psalms 14:2 The Lord was looking down from heaven on the children of men, to see if there were any who had wisdom, searching after God.
(BBE)

Psalms 17:3 You have put my heart to the test, searching me in the night; you have put me to the test and seen no evil purpose in me; I will keep my mouth from sin.
(BBE)

Psalms 34:4 I was searching for the Lord, and he gave ear to my voice, and made me free from all my fears.
(BBE)

Psalms 37:10 For in a short time the evil-doer will be gone: you will go searching for his place, and it will not be there.
(BBE)

Psalms 53:2 God was looking down from heaven on the children of men, to see if there were any who had wisdom, searching after God.
(BBE)

Psalms 64:6 They search out perverse things, 'We perfected a searching search,' And the inward part of man, and the heart 'are' deep.
(YLT)

Psalms 77:6 The memory of my song comes back to me in the night; my thoughts are moving in my heart; my spirit is searching with care.
(BBE)

Psalms 104:21 The young lions go thundering after their food; searching for their meat from God.
(BBE)

Psalms 105:3 Have glory in his holy name; let the hearts of those who are searching after the Lord be glad.
(BBE)

Psalms 119:2 Happy are they who keep his unchanging word, searching after him with all their heart.
(BBE)

Psalms 119:82 My eyes are full of weariness with searching for your word, saying, When will you give me comfort?
(BBE)

Psalms 139:1 <To the chief music-maker. A Psalm. Of David.> O Lord, you have knowledge of me, searching out all my secrets.
(BBE)

Psalms 145:3 Great 'is' Jehovah, and praised greatly, And of His greatness there is no searching.
(YLT)

Proverbs 1:28 Then I will give no answer to their cries; searching for me early, they will not see me:
(BBE)

Proverbs 2:4 If you are looking for her as for silver, and searching for her as for stored-up wealth;
(BBE)

Proverbs 11:27 He who, with all his heart, goes after what is good is searching for grace; but he who is looking for trouble will get it.
(BBE)

Proverbs 14:6 The hater of authority, searching for wisdom, does not get it; but knowledge comes readily to the open-minded man.
(BBE)

Proverbs 18:15 The heart of the man of good sense gets knowledge; the ear of the wise is searching for knowledge.
(BBE)

Proverbs 20:27 The spirit of man is Yahweh's lamp, searching all his innermost parts.
(WEB KJV JPS ASV BBE DBY WBS YLT NAS RSV)

Proverbs 21:6 He who gets stores of wealth by a false tongue, is going after what is only breath, and searching for death.
(BBE)

Proverbs 25:27 The eating of much honey is not good, Nor a searching out of one's own honour -- honour.
(YLT)

Ecclesiastes 1:13 And I gave my heart to searching out in wisdom all things which are done under heaven: it is a hard thing which God has put on the sons of men to do.
(BBE)

Ecclesiastes 7:25 I gave my mind to knowledge and to searching for wisdom and the reason of things, and to the discovery that sin is foolish, and that to be foolish is to be without one's senses.
(BBE)

Ecclesiastes 7:27 See this which I have found, saith the Preacher, searching one by one to find out the reason;
(DBY)

Ecclesiastes 7:28 For which my soul is still searching, but I have it not; one man among a thousand have I seen; but a woman among all these I have not seen.
(BBE NIV)

Ecclesiastes 7:29 This only have I seen, that God made men upright, but they have been searching out all sorts of inventions.
(BBE)

Ecclesiastes 12:9 And because the Preacher was wise he still gave the people knowledge; searching out, testing, and putting in order a great number of wise sayings.
(BBE)

Subtopics

Searching

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Searched (71 Occurrences)

Sign (181 Occurrences)

Request (248 Occurrences)

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Makes (483 Occurrences)

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Condition (38 Occurrences)

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